Tyagaraja Kriti

Meaning - Gist

I ever worship SrI rAma.

I ever worship SrI rAma –

dark-blue hued,
moon of the Ocean of the hearts of all pious people,
who delights the mind of sItA,

charming faced,
lotus eyed,
who is like indra to mountains in destroying sins of devotees,
sinless One,
praised by sanandana,
ocean of bliss,
whose character is extolled by Lord Siva,

the brave,
who has celestials as His retinue,
prop of the Universe,
virtue embodied,
highly embellished,
who is far removed from wicked,
Lord SrI raghu vIra,

the King,
saluted by indra,
extolled by gajEndra,
the unborn, praised in vEdAs,
who has cupid as His son,
who speeds on garuDa,
who is found in the assembly of pious people, and
Lord of this tyAgarAja.

In my mind, I constantly worship SrI rAma.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
rAmam bhajE-aham sadA

I (aham) ever (sadA) worship (bhajE) (bhajEham) SrI rAma (rAmam).

anupallavi
SyAmam sakala sujana hRdaya jaladhi
sOmam janaka sutA-abhirAmam

I ever worship SrI rAma –
dark-blue hued (SyAmam),
moon (sOmam) of the Ocean (jaladhi) of the hearts (hRdaya) of all (sakala) pious people (sujana),
who delights (abhirAmam) the mind of sItA – daughter (sutA) (sutAbhirAmam) of King janaka.

caraNam
caraNam 1
sundara mukham aravinda nayanam agha
bRnda parvata purandaram anagham
sanandana nutam Ananda jaladhim ahi
bRnda su-bhUshaNa vandita caritam (rAmam)

I ever worship SrI rAma -
charming (sundara) faced (mukham),
lotus (aravinda) eyed (nayanam),
who is like indra (purandaram) to mountains (parvata) in destroying sins (agha bRnda) of devotees,
sinless One (anagham),
praised (nutam) by sanandana – mind-born son of brahmA,
Ocean (jaladhim) of bliss (Ananda),
whose character (caritam) is extolled (vandita) by Lord Siva - well adorned (su-bhUshaNa) with snakes (ahi bRnda).

caraNam 2
dhIram sura parivAram bhuvana-
AdhAram su-guNa-AkAram
sam-alankAram durjana dUram SrI raghu-
vIram mE hRdi vAram vAram (rAmam)

In my (mE) mind (hRdi) (literally heart), I constantly (vAram vAram) worship SrI rAma –
the brave (dhIram),
who has celestials (sura) as His retinue (parivAram),
prop (AdhAram) of the Universe (bhuvana) (bhuvanAdhAram),
virtue (suguNa) embodied (AkAram) (suguNAkAram),
highly embellished (sam-alankAram),
who is far removed (dUram) from wicked (durjana),
Lord SrI raghu vIra (raghuvIram).

caraNam 3
rAjam nata sura rAjam stuta gaja
rAjam Sruti vinuta-ajam suta rati
rAjam turaga virAjam sujana
samAjam tyAgarAja rAjam (rAmam)

I ever worship SrI rAma –
the King (rAjam),
saluted (nata) by indra – king (rAjam) of celestials (sura),
extolled (stuta) by gajEndra - King (rAjam) of elephants (gaja),
the unborn (ajam) praised (vinuta) (vinutAjam) in vEdAs (Sruti),
who has cupid – Consort (rAjam) of rati – as His son (suta),
who speeds (turaga) on garuDa – king (rAjam) of birds (vi) (virAjam),
who is found in the assembly (samAjam) of pious people (sujana),
Lord (rAjam) of this tyAgarAja.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ – Pallavi - In some books, ‘rAkshasa kula bhImam bhajEham sadA’ also forms part of pallavi.

³ – anagham sanandana – anagha sanandana.
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References
² - parvata purandaram – Mountains once had feathers and they flew around the Earth posing danger to the Earthlings. Therefore, indra lopped off their wings with his thunderbolt. This story is related by Mount mainAka to hanumAn while the latter is on his way to lankA in search of sItA - SrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa – sundara kANDa – Chapter 1, verses 122 – 125 refers.
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Comments
⁴ - sura parivAram – the hordes of monkeys etc., who formed the retinue of SrI rAma, are celestials born in the Earth, to help Lord in His avatAra.
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rAmaM bhajEhaM - rAga sAvEri